Opinion

The boundaries of public behavior we allow need to be redrawn and that means recognizing “free” speech and assembly can corrode the sense of safety that communities should be able to enjoy.

Very few following in Hungary’s footsteps are willing to recognize the long-term outcomes of a deteriorating economy, crumbling basic services and a soured public.

If the U.S. president is serious about a ceasefire, escalatory measures may well be the only way to make it happen.

The most dangerous words aren’t necessarily the most violent ones. And disinformation campaigns could offer a new avenue for establishing responsibility.

If the West really wants to force Russia to stop the war, it needs to focus on military build-up — not just economic action.

The “flatter, appease, distract” strategy may produce the appearance of stability, but it creates a reality of vulnerability.

A European force in postwar Ukraine is an important mission for Zelenskyy and his people. It would also provide significant collateral benefits for European defense.

The U.S. president’s view that the bloc’s competition policy is driven by discriminatory motivations against American companies is simply unfounded.

Only a U.S.-U.K. bargain, forged during this trip, can safeguard Western leadership through tomorrow.

This week’s incursion is a reminder that deterrence must be continually maintained, and inaction risks emboldening Moscow to go further.

Historically voicing support for Palestine, much like Europe, the Gulf’s rhetoric needs to translate into decisive action.

Without strategy, political resolve, national resilience and structural reform, investment won’t translate into real defense capability.

Democracy begins locally. If we don’t defend it here, we risk losing it everywhere.

Becoming a U.S. protectorate isn’t inevitable — especially given increasingly indignant public opinion over the series of concessions and humiliations we’re witnessing.

For once, integration may not be driven top-down but bottom-up.

The bloc’s challenge isn’t to restore the old transatlantic bargain but to build a new one before the next crisis hits.

This month’s election will decide whether the country keeps to its European trajectory.

With risks to peace from Tehran’s nuclear program mounting, we were left with no choice but to act, the foreign ministers of the U.K., France and Germany write.

The bloc needs to regain its lucidity, self-confidence and, above all, dignity.

If the country is to endure, it must be strong enough and armed enough to shape the end of the war on its own terms.

As governments accelerate their digitization of public services, the privacy rights of their citizens must come first.

Failing to visit Gaza is shameful — and it’s a missed opportunity to use the bloc’s leverage.

The future of our children is nonnegotiable. And only upon their safe return can we speak of a credible path to comprehensive, just and lasting peace.

It still feels a long way from canceling Stephen Colbert’s show to putting journalists in prison for years — but it might be shorter than you think.